K.1. Consider approval of a resolution urging the Lewisville Independent School District (LISD) Board of Trustees to consider all available options in lieu of closing Garden Ridge Elementary, located at 2220 S. Garden Ridge Blvd, Flower Mound, Texas, and providing an effective date.

[K.1. Consider approval of a resolution urging the Lewisville Independent School District (LISD) Board of Trustees to consider all available options in lieu of closing Garden Ridge Elementary, located at 2220 S. Garden Ridge Blvd, Flower Mound, Texas, and providing an effective date.]

THIS ITEM IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY JAMES.

ON THE CONSIDERATION OF AN APPROVAL FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE LEWISVILLE ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND I'LL JUST PROVIDE A BRIEF REVIEW FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ENGAGED IN OUR LAST FEW MEETINGS AND OBVIOUSLY, THE LISD PUT TOGETHER A AND I GOT TO MAKE SURE I GET MY ACRONYMS CORRECTLY.

THEY PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK AT EFFICIENCY WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PART OF THIS EXERCISE WAS LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL RETIREMENT OF CAMPUSES AND BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR FEEDER SCHOOLS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WAS SLATED FOR RETIREMENT FROM THE WORK OF THAT COMMITTEE WAS GARDEN RIDGE ELEMENTARY, HERE IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND AND THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNED RESIDENTS AND PARENTS AT GARDEN RIDGE ELEMENTARY, AND THAT THEY WERE PROMPTED TO ENGAGE NOT ONLY YOU ALL AS A BODY, BUT THEY'VE ENGAGED THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AND THE LIKE ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS WITH THAT DECISION THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THE TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT AT THE NOVEMBER 18TH MEETING IS JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT STEPS THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE US TO FOLLOW AND IN THE DIRECTION THAT YOU LEFT US WITH AT THAT 18TH MEETING, IS THAT YOU DID WANT US TO PUT TOGETHER A RESOLUTION THAT STIPULATED SOME THINGS SPECIFICALLY PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH IS TO POTENTIALLY HOLD OFF ANY DECISIONS UNTIL AFTER THE 89TH LEGISLATURE THAT MEETS STARTING IN JANUARY THROUGH MAY OF NEXT YEAR. ALSO JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ARTICULATE TO OUR DELEGATION ABOUT DOING WHAT YOU CAN TO PROVIDE THE REQUISITE FUNDING IN ORDER TO KEEP THESE, FACILITIES OPEN.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT YOU HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL LIAISON BOARD THAT THAT WE VERY MUCH WANTED TO ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS AND THERESA AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR SCHOOL LIAISON BOARD LAST MONDAY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL POINT OUT TO YOU IN YOUR PACKETS IS THAT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN THE DRAFT RESOLUTION, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S SOME ITALICIZED LANGUAGE IN THERE, AND THAT ITALICIZED LANGUAGE REPRESENTS FEEDBACK FROM YOUR YOUR SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE.

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AND IN PARTICULAR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL JUST POINT OUT, THERE'S A LOT OF WHEREAS CLAUSES THAT KIND OF SET UP BROADLY, THE FACTS THAT ARE SURROUNDING THE SITUATION. BUT THERE'S A LAST WHEREAS THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMITTEE AND SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT ARE AT GARDEN RIDGE.

ANY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THIS MOVE AND THIS DECISION, THAT THE CHILDREN THAT PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS AREN'T DISRUPTED AND THAT WAS A KEY CONCERN THAT I ARTICULATED TO US, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CONTINUITY WITH TEACHERS AND SCHOOLMATES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND WANTED THAT TO BE ARTICULATED IN THE RESOLUTION AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE IN, THAT LAST WHEREAS CLAUSE BEFORE SECTION ONE THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT ITALICIZED LANGUAGE AND THAT COMES FROM OUR DISCUSSION WITH THE SCHOOL LIAISON BOARD.

AS YOU GO DOWN AND YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SECTION ONE YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WHAT'S REQUESTED OF LIST ACTION ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT Y'ALL DIRECTED US TO DO LAST MEETING A AND B.

BUT C AND D IS ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR LIAISON COMMITTEE IN REGARDS TO TAKING A LOOK AT THE CALCULATIONS AND ENSURING BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT CALCULATIONS AND NUMBERS AND FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE, AND ALSO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING AN ISSUE OF DONALD ELEMENTARY JUST WITH CAPACITY WITH WITH SENDING SOME STUDENTS OVER THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING ANOTHER BURDEN ON ANOTHER SCHOOL WHEN THIS DECISION IS MOVING FORWARD THERE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE GROUP.

MOST OF THEM HERE TODAY AND I'M GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MINDY BUMGARNER KENNETH WALSH AND CASEY TURNER WITH US HERE THIS EVENING AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AT PRETTY MUCH AS WE SPEAK, LISD SCHOOL BOARD IS MEETING IN A WORK SESSION DISCUSSING SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY RECEIVED.